Culture
On Leadership by Tony Blair, Precipice by Robert Harris, and Oxford crime – Books of the Month
On Leadership by Tony Blair; Precipice by Robert Harris; Lessons in Crime: Academic Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order review – “An excellent account”
Dr Edward Howell, whose columns in the Spectator and the Telegraph are among the...
A Revolution Betrayed by Peter Hitchens review – In Defence of Grammar Schools
Review – A Revolution Betrayed: How Egalitarians Wrecked the British Education System by Peter...
Veranilda by George Gissing review – The best historical novel never written
George Gissing remains the most underrated novelist in the English language. He wrote twenty-three...
Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart review – “The prime minister we never had”
This is a marvellous book, a memoir of Rory Stewart’s nine years in Parliament,...
Review: Birdman
Katharine Stocker enjoys a trimphant - if self-conscious - return from Michael Keaton
Review: The Theory of Everything
Ollie Johnson found that the lacking script left the stunning performances out to dry
Review: the latest exhibition of Egon Schiele
Mark Barclay finds that the work of Schiele has lost none of its shock factor in “Schiele: The Radical Nude”
Review: The Interview
Following the controversy miring The Interview's release, Jennie Han finds Seth Rogen's latest childish and inane
Review: An Evening with The Cure
Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull reviews an evening spent watching The Cure at London's Hammersmith Apollo, complete with lipstick, dry ice and spinning tops galore.
Hip-hop rivalry: alive and well at 20
Tom Barrie looks at the history of hip-hop feuding, and its effect of keeping the genre fresh
"Music from another planet": the allure of ‘ugly’ music
With the dawn of a new year in music, Henry Bruce-Jones reflects on 2014's most 'ugly', deviant offerings
The Ten Best Oxford Shows of 2014
We take a look back at the theatrical high points of the past year
The power of the book
In light of the proposed prison book ban being overturned, Rose Sykes examines the redemptive power ascribed to literature and its importance in the prison system
Hilary Term at the New and Playhouse Theatres
Stage takes a quick look into what is on at the New and Playhouse Theatres next term
Review: Sam Smith – Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Susan Yu reviews Sam Smith's latest cover of a longstanding Christmas classic
Review: Doctor Who Christmas Special 2014
Alex Stronell is impressed by this year’s Christmas adventure with the Doctor
Fed up with festivity? Try our anti-Christmas reading list
Satisfy your inner Scrooge with Lily McIlwain's recommended anti-Christmas literature
Review: Black Mirror: White Christmas
Charlie Brooker's devilish Black Mirror delivers once again, writes Rachael Griffith
